If you are looking to get more our of your yacht for twilight racing this summer, here the top 10 things that you can do that will make you go faster:
10. Buy a faster boat, but not necessarily bigger. $???
9. Get some new sails. $4,000 – $10,000
8. Take your boat out of the water, sand it back and give it a new antifoul. $2,000 – $4,000
7. Fit a folding propeller. $2,000 – $3,000
6. Fit a spinnaker pole to pole out your headsail downwind. $1,000 – $3,500
5. Get a rigger to tighten and tune your rig. $600
4. Replace your mainsail and genoa halyards with Dynemma rope. $400
3. Get a diver to scrub the bottom of your hull once a month. $100
2. Supply a few Corona’s and potato chips to an experience sailor to trim your sails. $20
1. Fit some tell tails to the headsail and mainsail. $10